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| DB directs SWD , SLSA to mitigate complaints and difficulties of victims of abuse | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Apr 29: A Division Bench of J&K High Court comprising Chief Justice Justice Gita Mittal and Justice Rajnesh Oswal while hearing a Suo-Moto Public Interest Litigation on domestic Violence observed that this Court had earlier overlooked certain other specific groups in the society, who need special protection. These include senior citizens; children; the disabled and trans-genders.
The DB further observed that just like violence against women, such violence may have aggravated in the lockdown situation and resultant confinement and ordered that the directions made by us on the 16th April, 2020 would squarely apply to these groups of the community as well. The DB directed the Department of Social Welfare and Member Secretary, J&K State Legal Services Authority examine the requirements and steps necessary to mitigate the complaints and difficulties of victims of elderly abuse; child violence; violence against disabled and transgenders in the UTs of Jammu and Kashmir as well as Ladakh. DB further directed that a report of measures in place; steps under way and those contemplated regarding them be placed before us before the next date of hearing.
The DB further observed that as far as designation of informal safe spaces for women for reporting domestic violence/abuse without alerting the perpetrators is concerned, the Social Welfare Department has informed that it has notified Anganwadi Workers for the reason that women/complainants would not be comfortable in expressing their personal issues with the male members of the society. DB further observed that Women in distress would not have easy access to the Anganwadi Workers. Ease of access has to be a primary concern for notifying an authority, especially in the urban areas.
The DB further observed that the report informs us that during the period of COVID-19 lock up, 19 cases in all under Section 498-A of the Code of Criminal Procedure have been registered in 20 districts in UT of Jammu and Kashmir and no case has been registered in UT of Ladakh and ordered that these cases be followed up and relief, of whatever kind required by the complainants, be made available to them.
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